Vegan Comfort Food
There’s a little story behind these biscuits. When I was an energetic 19-year old, a group of friends and I frequently followed our favourite band around for weeks on end, mostly up and down the UK, from Aberdeen to St Austell and everywhere in between. …
Every so often, my passion for baking all kinds sticky, chewy, creamy and generally moreish treats induces a pang of guilt, and I attempt to balance the situation by thinking up a healthier version of classic bakes. My daughter doesn’t eat sweets or bars of …
It’s the start of the tennis season and I woke up this morning with a flash of inspiration. Everyone loves strawberries and cream, surely the very definition of British summer and the ubiquitous court-side treat. And I never met anyone who didn’t like cheesecake. But …
I’d never even heard of a ‘tear and share’ bread until I saw a cheese and onion example made on an episode of the Great British Bake Off – now they are everywhere! It’s essentially a load of small buns, flavoured or otherwise, baked so …
These are the cookies I make when I want to occupy my daughter but I don’t have many lavish ingredients lying around. (Usually on a Sunday!) The recipe contains no melted chocolate – only cocoa powder – but the result is an excellent chocolate biscuit …
I have a bit of a weakness for bread in general, and to be perfectly honest, there is nothing, nothing nicer than a good homemade sourdough. But it does take time. Quite a lot of time, actually, and there is a lot to be said …
I have a real weakness for food with bizarre names, and the very thought of this cake, discovered in a fairly ancient book on American cookery, set my head in a spin. The origin of the name is much disputed and you can Google it …
This is like a hug in pie form. It’s a chunky vegetable double-crust pie, the focus being on butternut squash – and butter beans, hence the name – with a creamy cheese and onion savoury sauce. It’s mild and soft enough to be liked by …